logomachy

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Noun
  • Knowing her grandson was outside, Mette called out to the group as the commotion grew, demanding the quarrel stop and for her grandchild to leave, sources said.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This time, however, testimony suggested a thornier layer to the quarrel: Phillip said the family had learned a few years earlier that the older brother was not Ferguson’s biological child.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If not, the consumer can file a dispute with the credit card issuer, Kiernan said.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • That transaction resolved a long-running dispute between Dea Spanos Berberian and her siblings as Gores and his wife bought Spanos Berberian’s share of the franchise.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Rice’s attorney argued that prosecutors were unable to prove Rice’s whereabouts at the time of the murder and that their roommate squabbles were not significant enough for Rice to kill her.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • A day head on every deck, modular furniture manufactured in-house by Bilgin, and details like two pop-up televisions in the main salon to prevent squabbles between younger guests.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There is no shortage of legal imbroglios and scandals involving professional sports teams.
    Chris Deubert, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Shortly after the incident, the Bronx man announced his plans to file a civil suit against the Guardian Angels in Manhattan Supreme Court. n patrol two days later, Juli seemed embarrassed by the imbroglio.
    Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • However, after a misunderstanding possibly stemming from his hat, a spear was thrown which was then met by musketfire, luckily ending in no deaths, according to Powell.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
  • This is the classic day for miscommunications and misunderstandings in conversations with siblings, relatives and daily contacts.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Court records suggested the spat between the two women started a situation that escalated to the shooting.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • The sign has been a charming, if sad, reminder to the 1,200 or so residents of Bolinas of the loss of their beloved post office, which was booted from its downtown building amid a spat between the U.S. Postal Service and its longtime landlord.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Into this unholy mess blunders Juan (Juan Amador), bearing the gushing stigmata of a violent set-to in a Sacramento bar.
    Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • His truest, ugliest self tends to emerge in his increasingly frequent set-tos with Linda, whose impatience with his documentary persona gradually wears through even her considerable acting ability.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • An altercation that took place in 2020 resulted in a personal injury lawsuit against Cook by Daniel Cragg and Anne St. Amant on behalf of Gracelyn Trimble (who was apparently injured in the altercation) in the Dakota County District Court in Minnesota.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • In 2012 he was involved in a brawl with Drake and his entourage at a N.Y. nightclub that injured eight people, followed by an altercation with Frank Ocean over a parking space in West Hollywood in 2013.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2025
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“Logomachy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logomachy. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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